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ANXIETY AT TACOMA
No News Received From the
Missing Mer of the
Strathnavis.
TEEIR FATE IN DOUBT.
Purser McDcnald and Four Sea
men Lost Off Destruction
Island.
CHINESE PASSENGEKS' PLIGHT.
They Are Not Allowed to Land on
American Soil From the Re
turned Steamer.
T A COM A, Wasii., Dec. 27.— N0 news
was received to-day concerning the where
abouts of Purser McDonald and* four |
irien who left the Strathnevis in a ship's
boat while off Destruction Island and at
ito put into s ore through the
surf. Much anxiety is felt for their safety.
and it is feared their boat may have sunk
an! all the men been drowned. Purser
McDonald is well known in Puget Sound
around' maritime circles.
He is about 40 years of age. He came
here from St. Johns, N. 8., many years
ago, and acted as purser on ths Washing
ton Navigation Company's steamer W. K.
Merwin, the Seattle and the City of
Quincy. In 1893 he accepted the posi
tion of purser on one of the Northern
Pacific liners. He owns a large ranch on
P litre t Sound.
The steamship Miowera, which had the
Strathnevis in tow live days and brought
her to within twelve miles of the Tatoosh
light, where the hawsers snapped and the
steamers parted com pan y, has not yet
been heard from. The prospects for her
safe return to port are gloomy, and those
interested in the steamer are greatly
alarmed.
Anxiety continues to grow for the safety
af the steamer Danube, which left Victoria
about two week.* ago to search for the j
Sirathnevis and has not returned. \Vhile
she has been at sea the severest sales ever
known on the Pacific have swept along
ti:e west coast, and it is feared she may
have foundered in the same storm in
which the Miowera disappeared.
The amount of compensation to be
awarded the steamer Mineola for towing
the Strathnevis to port has not yet been
settled, and no authentic information can
be secured at present on the question.
Maritime men believe the salvage award
will be between $50,000 and $100,000, to be
divided about equally between the Miowera
and the Mineola.
Now that the Strathnevis is safe in port
new trials are besetting her Chinese pas-
Ff-n ers. Deputy Collector Drum said to
il a y :
• Many of the Celestials who took passage
on the Strathnevis last October expected
to arrive in the Flowery Kin-edom in time
to enjoy the Chinese New Year's festival
at home.
"The long delay has made them quite
late, and it is now believed a large num
ber of them will wish to abandon their
proposed trip, to China ana return to
America. This plan can easily be carried
out by those holding return certiricates
from this Government, but between fifty
and seventy-five of those who are among
Strathnevis' passengers are notarmed with
the necessary credentials to permit them
to set foot on American soil again. When
they left they said they did not wish to
spend more cf their lives here. Now
it is a serious question whether
they can — one that will, no doubt, be
referred to the head of the Treasury De
partment for a decision. Chinese laborers
who leave the United States must own
$1000 worth of property before they can
secure a certificate entitling them to re
turn to this country."
.Collector Saunders of the Puget Sound
customs district attends to the inspection
and passing upon all Chinese immigration
questions of his district in person. There
are five or six Chinese among the list of
the Strathnevis who are under the ban of
deportation.
Should the steamer return here it is
doubtful if the United States Marshal
would take them into custody again. They
will perhaps be kept aboard the Strath
nevis until she is repaired and sails for the
Orient, or until they can be transferred to
another steamer for the same destination.
A common plea among Chinese who are
refused a landing in the United States
from steamers from foreign ports is that
they thought they would not want to re
turn to America again and burned their
certificates, but changed their minds
aft»rwar«'s and felt confident they would
be admitted on identification.
The scheme has often been played by the
hard-hearted sons of the far East, who had
never before been out of the borders of the
hermit kingdom. Customs inspectors
n.:iie with satisfaction when they think
bow the castaways on board the Strath
nevis will not be able to enter this plea.
SHIPPING M£y XOT ALARMED.
Believe the Miowera Continued on to Its
I)e*tination.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 27.— The North
ern Pacific steamship Victoria reached
port this morning after a good trip of
thirteen days from Yokohama. She had
strong westerly gales throughout the voy
age. The^ Victoria's cr»w saw nothing of
the missing Miowera.
It is the general opinion of shipping
men here that the Miowera is all right;
that, as she had spent a number of days
towirrg the Strathnevis, had mails and
passengers to urge her forward on her
voyage, was close to a dangerous shore in
a ga!6, and when she lost sight of the
Htr'athnevis thought the latter steamer
had foundered, her captain considered the
b st course was to put to sea on her
voyage.
THE STRATHS tCVIS LIBELED.
Salrage Claims of the lUiiieola'i Owners
Vtoad at $150,000.
PORT TOWXSEND, Wash., Dec. 27.-
The Pacific liner Strathnevis, which, after
drifting about for sixty-six days in mid
ocean with a broken propeller, was finally
rescued from wrecking on Destruction
Maud, was to-day libelled at this port by
the Canadian Pacific Railway, charterers
of the steamer Mineola, which rescued
her. The salvage claim is fixed at $150,000.
This afternoon the tug Tyeelowed the
vessel to Tacoma, where her caTgo will be
taken out, having been duplicated since
sne failed to arrive at her destination.
Ancliored at Inn, inn.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 28.— The Strath-
Nevis, in tow of the tugs Sea Lion and
Tyee, arrived here at midnight and is
moored to a buoy in the midstream, and
will remain there until the steamship
Victoria arrives to-morrow, after which
she will be put in the drydock at Quarter
master Harbor, near this city. Considera
ble trouble was experienced coming up the
Sound. Several hawsers were parted, and
the tugs had difficulty in handling the big
steamer.
FEARS IT HAS GOSE DOWM.
Captain Sorensen Sot Sanguine as to the
M iotiwrtt '.* Safety.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 27.— Concerning
the fate of the Miowera Captain Sorensen
of the schooner Compeer, now in port,
does not take a very hopeful view of the
situation. On the 23d and part of the 24th
inst. he was sixty miles southwest of Cape
Flattery, and on those days he sighted
only one vessel, a three master, one of the
China liners outward bound. She was
struggling with a terrific storm and the
wind blew almost a hurricane. The Com
peer was tossed about like an eggshell, and
Captain Sorensen states that he never
knew so many and such severe westerly
winds as have prevailed around the cape
recently. _
DEPARTS FROM MARE ISZASD.
The Boston to Start for the China Station
To-Day*
VALLEJO, Cal.. Dec. 27.— The Boston
sails to-morrow at 9 o'clock a. m. direct for
China, carrying some sixty men above her
crew for distribution among war vessels
now on that station. Some of these men
will go to the Monocacey, which craft is
used as a sort of river police-boat in those
waters, penetrating further inland in the
event of native uprisings than is possible
for the regular cruisers.
The Boston sails a much finer ship than
when last in commission. She now makes
four or five knots' greater speed, and her
battery and electric-light plant have been
made more effective.
PLIGHT OF A SAXTA CRUZ AS.
A Man Who Ignored a Judgment Found
Chtiltff of Contempt.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Dec. 27.— 1n the
Superior Court this morning D. W. Gil
more was adjudged guilty of contempt in
failing to comply with an order of the
court, directing him to apply upon a judg
ment held by Charles Rulofson $150 in
cash and a gold watch in his possession.
Gilmore was ordered confined in the
county jail until he paid over the $150 and
surrendered the watch. Judgment was
suspended for ten days in order to give him
time to raise the money, which, it is al
leged, he turned over to another person in
order to evade the judgment.
A SACRAMENTO FATALITY
Miss Katie McNamara Burned
to Death in Sight of
Her Father.
Turpentine Applied Over Her Lungs
to Check a Cold Ignites From
a Candle Flame.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 27.— Miss
Katie McNamara, the 19-year-old daughter
of John McNamara, 'who is employed in
the railroad shops, met with a horrible
death late last night. She had been
suffering from a severe cold, and when
preparing to retire for the nisrht had sat
urated a cloth with turpentine and placed j
it uron her chest. Then taking a iightrd
candle in her hand she went into the
kitchen to ascertain if the doors were
looked.
On opening the door the draught
blew the llame of the candle against
her and the turpentine became ignited.
The pirl shrieked in agony and her
father ran to her assistance. He endeav
ored to wrap a blanket around her to
smother the flames, but the girl, crazed by
pain, struggled violently and fought him
off. When he did succeed it was too late,
and although everything that medical aid
could devise was done to relieve her suffer
ings Miss McNamara died six hours later
in terrible agony.
WO-V BY SACRAMEXTO.
IF. E. Henry's Suit Against the City
Decided Adversely.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Dec. 27.— The
suit brought by W. E. .Henry against the
city for over $500,000 for breach of contract
was dismissed this morning on demurrer.
The suit arose out of a contract made by
the city with A. L. Fish to establish a
pumping plant to furnish the city a sup
ply of well water. F;sh assigned the con
tract to J. H. Henry and A. Abbott, who
found good water and made a report to
tne Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees favored city own
ejship of the. water works ami refused to
close the contract. Al>bottand henry then
assigned to W. E. Henry, who brought
suit, with the above result. The erounds
of the demurrer are that the complaint did
not state facts sufficient. The court held
that an unclosed contract was not as
signable.
A. Bl"z* at Bakersfleld.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Dec. 27.-The
residence of Charles Keller was burned to
the ground last night, with all its contents.
A fire started from a defective flue Mon
day evening, but the flames were qnickly
extinguished. The s. ace between the
ceiling and the roof was lined with several
thicknesses of a material used for carpet
liniurr, made of raper and felt. In this it
is believed the fire smoldered until last
ereninu, when it broke out suddenly and
quickly destroyed the house.
Poso Han Become Famosa.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal.. Dec. 27.— The
railroad company to-day changed the name
of its station formerly known as Poso, in
this county, to Famosa. Posp as a rail
road station and Spotti&wood as a postorfico
are now things of the past, as the Postal
Department several weeks ago changed
Spottiswood to Famosa.
Accident at Betkersfteld.
BAKERSFIELD. Cal., Dec. 27.— John
Delaney, night clerk of the Cosmopolitan
Hotel in this city, was run over by a hose
cart on its way to a fire last evening and
received fatal injuries. Delaney was a
veteran of tne Civil War and lived here for
many years.
Suicide at Marystrille.
MARYSVILLE, Cal., Dec. 27.-Georee
Boy of the firm of Hammerly & Boy, cigar
makers, committed suicide at Irs lodgings,
in the rear of the establishment, last
night. The body was found by his part
ner this morning with a bullet hole in the
right temple and a revolver clutched in
his right hand.
— ,
Pendleton Counterfeiters.
PENDLETOX, Or., Dec. 27. —E. B.
Crawford of Athena and Louis Estes of,
Pendleton were to-day arrested for manu
facturing and circulating gold coin.
Eighty dollars in ten and twenty dollar
pieces were found upon them. The
counterfeit was a good imitation of genuine
coin.
Probable, Fatality at Oroville.
OROVILLE, Cal., Dfec. 27. — Samuel
Titus, ex-County Recorder, was this after
noon found in a dangerous condition from
the effects of an accidental overdose of
rrorphine. It is thought he cannot
recover.
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895.
NEWS OF SAN JOSE
Game and Song Birds Are
Being Brought to
the State.
MONGOL FIRM ASSIGNS.
The Van Tie Company Forced by
San Francisco Creditors
to Suspend.
ESTATE OF AN ELBE VICTIM.
Property of a Man Who Went Down
With the Steamer Distributed
Among Heirs.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 27.— The Central
California Association, recently formed
here with the intention of importing for
eign song and game birds to this State, is
growing in strength rapidly. Game War
den Mackenzie, who is a leading spirit in
the organization, while in Arizona
a few days ago arranged to secure the car
dinal and mocking bird. Various song
birds will be secured in the East. It is
said that these birds feed upon insects ana
do not harm fruit. Upon their arrival in
this city they will be rested under good
care, after which they will be liberated to
gether in favorable sections.
Mr. Mackenzie says special attention is
being given to the care of the Mongolian,
golden and English pheasants which are
now in captivity in this country. There
are over a hundred of these birds, and
their value is considered'great on account
of their peculiar habits and characteristics.
They will be held in captivity until after
Hie laying season in the spring.
Their eggs will be hatched under bantam
hens, and the young pheasants liberated
as soon as they become able to care for j
themselves. The hen pheasants hatch on t
an average of fifteen eggs three times a I
year. Being protected from destruction ■
by hunters or others for three years by the
State law, it is considered possible, with
ordinary care, to well stock the county
within a short time.
The value of pheasants to the agricul
tu.ist is scarcely sufficiently appreciated;;
the birds destroy enormous numbers of j
injurious insects. Upward of 1200 wire- j
worms have been taken out of the crop of \
a single pheasant, and if this number was
consumed at a single meal the total de- |
stroyed must be incredible.
There is no doubt insects are preferred
to grain. An autnority tells of one pheas
ant shot at the close of the shooting sea
son which had in its crop 12H wireworms,
one snail, nine berries and three grains of
wheat. Four hundred and forty grubs of
the cranerly were taken out of the crop of
one pheasant.
The Acclimatization Society is gaining
many members from all parts of the ,
county, as well as from Santa Cruz and
San Mateo counties. Stress is laid upon
the importance of those contemplating .
joining the society doing so as early as
possible in order that birds can be secured
before the spring mating season opens.
All persons having the interest of song
bird* at heart are requested to begin at I
once a general war upon the bluejay and
the English sparrow. The bluejays are |
not only destructive to young birds, eggs
and young fish, but to fruit and vegetables.
The English sparrows are of a pugnacious
nature and will go into any trap, and trap- j
ping is suggested as the best means of kill- !
ing them.
FAILURE OF A CHIXESE FIRM.
The lan Tie Company Forced to Close
the "City of I'rlcin."
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 27.— The Van Tie
Company, by Wing Po Chin, the man
ager, to-day petitioned the Superior Court
to be declared insolvent. The company
has been conducting a fancy goods busi
ness on South Second street, under the
name of the City of Pekin. A general de
pression in business is the came given for
lailure.
The liabilities amount to $10,554 65. and
consist of indebtedness to San Francisco
linns [or goods furnished. The assets are
$3900, embracing the stock of goods In the
store. January 7 was set as the time for
hearing the petition.
BASK WITH THE EX BE.
The Estate of a Victitn of the Ocean Dis
aster Distributed-
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 27.— A decree of
distribution was issued to-day in the es
tate of P. Meuschler, a victim of the Elbe
disaster. Tue estate is valued at $800, and
goes to his mother, who lives in Garmany.
Meuschler, who had been a resident of
this city for a number of years, was re
turning from a visit to relatives in Ger
many on the ill-fated steamer when the
vessel was crashed into and sunk by the
Crathie.
Funeral of Jacob A. Button.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Dec. 27.— The funeral
of Jacob A. Hutton, a pioneer resident of
this valley, took place from his late resi
dence in San Tornas district this after
noon. Interment was made at Santa
Clara. The deceased was 51 years of age
and a native of New York. He had re
uid^d here since 1855.
Suhscribinr/ for the Railway.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 27.— The canvass
of the committees in the interest of the
Saratoga electric railway project yester
day resulted In securine $2955. This makes
a total of $-'8,955 subscribed toward the
$50,000 necessary to secure the road.
VIS ALIA GETS A MEDAL.
Its Peach Exhibit the Heat at the Atlanta
Exposition*
YISALIA. Cal., Dec. 27.— 1n the pub
lished reports of awards made at the
Atlanta Exposition no mention was made
of Visalia, consequently I. H. Thomas
wrote to Phil M. Baier to learn the reason
why. To-day Mr. Thomas received a letter
from Mr. Baier, written at Atlanta on the
21st, in which the following statement i 9
made: -
"I got for the Visalia district an award
as high as the fair gives— gold medal—
for an exhibit of peaches, dried ana in
fluid, superior to any for flavor, size and
color, and tiie only medal given for that
grade. The big peach district of Georgia
received a silver medal for the same thin^."
Witter System for llealdaburg.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 27. A com
mittee of citizens of Healdsburg has been
here this week investigating the new sys
tem of water works, with a view to having
a system like it put in at Healdsburg. Tire
committee is making an effort to get Con
tractor Perkins to go to Healdsburg and
put in the system.
Fire Destroy* a Chico Residence.
CHICO, Cal., Dec. 27.— The two-story
residence of J. M. Coffman, editor of the
Bitrgs Argus, was destroyed by fire this
afternoon. A defective Hue was the cause,
and tlie flames spread so rapidly that it
was impossible to save much from the up
per floors. The loss on the building and
contents is $3500; insured for $2300.
REDDING INCENDIARISM.
Firebugs Cause the Destruction of the
Only Bakery in the
Town.
REDDING, Cal., Dec. 27.— Redding's
only bakery went up in smoke at 12:30
o'clock this morning. Incendiaries had
fired the one-story frame building on the
corner of Market and Tehama streets,
owned and occupied by Supervisor O.
Gryttner as a bakery and saloon.
Within a half-hour the entire structure
was in ruins. By hard work the flames
were kept from adjoining buildings, but
bad the least wind Deen blowing at the
time the whole block and adjoining prop
erty would have been destroyed.
There was no one in the bakery at the
time, the bakers having completed their
labors and gone home. The loss is about
$5000, witn an insurance of about half that
amount.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary. Almost simultaneously with
the alarm two men were seen to run away
from the burning house and disappear
down an alley in the rear of the Temple
Hotel. Yesterday a man under the in
fluence of liquor applied to Mr. Gryttner,
the proprietor, for a loan of some money
and a drink.
On being refused the fellow remarked
that h.e would play even. Whether the
fire was his work or not it is not kuown,
but officers are looking for the man.
The burned building will be replaced by
a two-story brick structure.
EVENTS AT LOS ANGELES
Clifton E. Mayne Deposes in
the San Diego Water Com
pany Bribery Case.
Trustee Stimson Petitions for Relief
From His Trust— Oranges Sent
to the East.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.— United
States Commissioner Van Dyke and sev
eral gentlemen from Los Angeles and
San Diego interested in the alleged water
company bribery cases in San Diego were
at the County Jail this morning to take
the deposition of Clifton E. Mayne.
Mayne told substantially the same story
that he did in his affidavit, published a few
days ago. After a couple of hours, Mayne
said he felt that another hemorrhage
was coming on and he mu3t lie down.
The taking of the deposition was post
poned until this afternoon, but when the
officials called Mayne was too weak to go
on. The object of the deposition is to pre
serve Mayne's testimony in case he should
die.
WEARIED OF HIS TRUST.
Trustee Stimson of the Apablasa Estate
Seeks to tie Relieved.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.— Trustee
M. W. Stimson filed a petition to-day to
be relieved of bis trusteeship in the matter
of John V. Apablasa.
The trust was originally mace out to
Senator Stephen M. White, and conveyed
five and a half acres in the vicinity of
Marchessault street in this city in trust
for the benefit of Apablasa, who is a minor.
The trustee states that he does not
know who is now entitled to receive the
estate.
It is claimed by James E. Gordon, who
says he holds a deed to it. E. V. Sargent
also claims to own it under purchase at a
Sheriff's sale upon foreclosure of a
mortgage for about $3000. A suit is
also pending to set this mortgage
foreclosure and sale aside, upon the ground
that it was taken against Apablasa when
he was a minor, and there was no guardian
appointed for him.
Considerable litigation will ensue before
the matter is settled. Apablasa attained
his majority September 2.
Oranges Sent Kasttcard.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.— The
Southern Pacific forwarded seventeen car
loads of oranges eastward last night and
the Santa Fe eleven carloads of the golden
fruit.
The reports from the East are that the
fruit is arriving in good condition and
giving satisfaction. Riverside alone has
shipped thus far 205 carloads of oranges,
and as the fruit was packed judiciously it
i 3 meeting with a ready sale in the East.
Division of the Baker Estate.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.— Charles
H. Forbes, administrator of the estate of
the late Robert S. Baker, made his final
account in Judge Clark's court this after
noon, showing that the total value of the
estate is $341,755 65, much more than was
originally expected. This was owing to
the discovery of certain stocks. There are
a number of heirs, who will divide half of
the estate proportionately, Mrs. Arcadia
B. de Baker, widow of the deceased, being
entitled to the other half.
Arrested for Forgery.
LOS ANGELES, Cat,., Dec. 27.— J. F.
Bidwell was arrested this afternoon upon
a charge of having signed the name of W.
F. Marshall to a check drawn upon the
Los Angeles National Bank and passed it
upon C. J. Robinson. The amount was
$400. The accused was taken before Jus
tice Young, who held him to answer under
a $1000 bond., Failing to secure bail, ho
went t6 jail.
ALBANY'S ENIGMA.
Young Montgomery Has as Little Regard
for Truth as for Human
Life.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 27.-Lloyd Mont
gomery, the murderer of his parents, is
certainly an oddity, a moral enigma. He
seems to have as little regard for his word
as for human life.
To a person who called upon him several
times since he was sentenced he has
doggedly insisted that his first confes
sion, in which he alleged that Mc-
Kercher killed his parents and that he
then killed McKeicher, was correct,
and that he would have persisted in this
story if not practically forced to make the
other statement. If he had been permit
ted to confess when sentenced, he said,
this was the one lie intended to make.
He claims in the story he is now telling
that before the shooting ZVlcKercher askea
his father if he had sold his hops and the
answer was, "Yes, on yesterday," and
immediately after the shooting began, im
plying that McKercher did it for the
money.
This, the officials claim, is the worst
kind of fabrication, arid it is not true that
he was forced to give the full confession to
any one. His statement before the Grand
Jury particularly was as voluntary as any
thing ever given.
Will Be lluitt at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27.— Robert
Moran received a telegram to-day from
Senator Squire, saying that the Seattle
Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company had
been awarded the contract for construct
ing the Government tugboat Golden Gate.
The contrast Drice is $33,765. and the boat
is to be completed by August 1, 1890.
BRIBERY AT CARSON
Witnesses Tell of Money
Paid to Save James
Heney.
STRATEGY OF LANGEVIN.
Had Accepted Brule's Gold, but
Neglected to Leave the
State.
TELLS HIS STOKY IN COURT.
The Witness' Testimony Corroborated
by That of His Wife and
Son.
CARSON, Nev., Dec. 27.— There was
standing room only to-day in the United
States court during the trial of Nigtit
Watchman Brule, charged with having
bribed men to leave the country to prevent
their testifying against James^ Heney,
lately convicted of having stolen $23,000 in
bullion from the Carson mint. Evidence
was introduced to prove that on the night
of the bribery the United States Marshal
and a Government detective had called at
Langevin's house to find out where to find
his son, who was wanted as a witness.
There was testimony to the effect that
when they left the house Trenmor Coffin,
attorney for Heney, entered and endeav
ored to persuade Langevin to avoid a
subpena by ilight, stating that if he was
subpenaed he would have to tell that his
son had been run off to Canada. Then
Barney Brule followed with $400 and paid
it to get Langevin to go away for two
weeks. Joseph Langevin testified as
follows:
"Barney Brule came to my house after
Coffin left, and User, offered me $100. I
asked him who sent it, and he said Wood
burn had sent it for Heney. I said I did
not beiieve that Woodb^rn was the man
who sont me the money. I said $100 was
not enough, and he went away and later
came back and paid me $400. He wanted
me to leave that night. I told him that I
did not want to go with him then, but if
he would come back in twenty minutes he
would rind me i^one. I gave the $400 to
my wife, and toid her I was going away
for a while, but would come back and go
upstairs and stay and no one was to know
it. 1 concealed myself for two weeks
upstairs.
"In August, 1893, I hired my team to
Heney to go to Reno. He left my house
at 10 o'clock at night, and my son, who
went away to Canada, drove the team. He
came back in the morning. In October
Heney had a talk with me about the team,
and said if the boy told what he did it
might be misconstrued, and he wanted the
boy sent away to Canada. He said he
took two sacks of ammunition from
beyond the town, and said the boy might
make a mistake. He wanted him sent
away. He paid me $400, and I went out to
Lovelock and sent my son away. He told
me never to say what I had done, as it
mitrht send him to prison."
Mrs. Langevin testified that she heard a
conversation between Brule and her hus
band in which Brule said that be had
brought money for Langevin to induce
him to leave the country. Later she saw
Brule give her husband $400. After he
got the money he did not immediately
conceal himself. He went out after Brule
did and then came back later and con
cealed himself in the upper part of the
house for two weeks. He never left the
house to her knowledge during that time.
William Langevin, the son, also saw Brule
at the house.
Brule denied all the statements of the
witnesses, and Trenmor Coffin, the attor
ney charged with furnishing the corrupt
money, admitted that he had given Circe
some money, but it was for the purpose of
finding the witness that he might testify,
for the defense. A number of witnesses
testified to Brule's good and Langevin's
bad character. The case will be argued in
the morning.
RAILS REACH STOCKTON
Thirty Carloads of Material for
the Corral Hollow Road
Arrive.
Locomotives for the Railway Will
Soon Begin Their Westward
Journey.
STOCKTON, Cal. % Dec. 27.— Seventeen
new cars from the Peoria Car Works ai
rived in the Southern Pacific yards last
Bight, and along the side, in white letters,
appeared the words, "Alameda and San
Joaquin Railway."
The cars did not come empty, for on
them were 150 tons of steel rails consigned
to the Corral Hollow Company. More ar
rived this evening and there are now about
thirty cars here. The rails came by the
Santa Fe route to Southern California and
thence by the Southern Pacific.
Thirty more cars have already left the
shops, and are now being loaded with rails
at Chicago, and will arrive here inside of
thirty days. The locomotives, ouilt by
Baldwin works, are now complete, and
will becin their journey westward soon.
The cats here were taken over to the
Corral Hollow tracks to-day and the rails
sent to the front by the construction train.
Charged by His Mother.
STOCKTON, Cal., Dec. 27.— William
Barmen, a youner man of Alameda, was ar
rested in this city yesterday and will be
taken to his home on a charge of embez
zlement. He was formerly in the employ
of an Alameda grocer named Joost, but a
few weeks ago left town, taking, it is said,
some of his employer's money. A singular
feature of the case is the fact that the war
rant for Barmen's arrest was sworn out,
not by Joost, but by Barmen's mother.
TAM).s[.ll>K XEAR EVERETT.
Ira ffic on the Great Xorthern Road at a
Standstill.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27.— There is
not much prospect of an abatement of the
storm which has prevailed, with more or
less fury, on land and water in the North
west for several days. Continued rains
resulted in a great slide on the Great
Northern road, thirteen miles this side of
Everett, to-day. A big slice of a moun
tain rolled down, covering the track to a
depth of about five feet for nearly seventy
five yards. This, together with unusually
heavy snows in the Cascades, has para- 1
lyzed the telegraphic service of the road
and delayed mails, to-day's overland train
being already six hours late when the
landslide occurred. A strong wind, with
occasional bail, has been sweeping over
the sound to-day, occasioning more or less
trouble to shipping, both in and out of
port.
SEABECK READY FOR WAR.
An Old Cannon Mounted in Preparation
for a Siege.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27.— Anent the
Venezuelan trouble, the town of Seabeck,
near the head of Hood's canal, this State,
is preparing fora siege, and has given sub
stantial evidence of her patriotism by
mounting on an eminence an old cannon
with the name "George III" cast into its
rusty breech. The war piece is a relic of
the "Hudson Bay Company, and of the
time when Great Britain owned the terri
tory and her flag was floatiug over Seabeck
soil.
LAWYERS iy TROUBLE.
Disbarment Proceeding* Likely to Be
Brought at Spokane.
SPOKANE, WASH., Dec. 27.— At a meet
ing of the Spokane Bar Association last
evening a committee of three was ap
pointed to investigate the charges made
by the bench that a number of Spokane
lawyers were very corrupt in their prac
tices, and that in a number of instances
they have tried to bribe the juries, in some
cases being successful.
Judge Buck read a stinging rebuke from
the bench several days asro, and while no
names were mentioned it was plain to
which lawyers he referred. Corruption in
court matter? has long been a subject of
general rumor, and the Bar Association
intends to put an end to it and will disbar
offending members.
THE WALLACE SHOOTING
Lawyer Jones' Bullet Did Not
Hit the Man for Whom it
Was Intended.
A Son of the Dr. Hughes Who Was
Wounded Was the Offending
Person.
SPOKANE, WAsft., Dec. 27.— The latest
report from Wallace says that Dr. Curtis
Hughes, who was shot yesterday afternoon
at that place by Lawyer Walter Jones, is
still alive, and hopes are entertained for
his recovery.
It seems that the Dr. Hughes thot was
not the one that Jones intended to hit, the
lawyer having fired at Dr. Edward
Hughes, a son of the wounded man, who
was walk'ng with him at the time. Jones
is very much aggrieved at the mistake,
but, had he hit the other man, would evi
dently have expressed no regret.
The shooting resulted from some special
attention paid to Jones' wife by the
younger Dr. Huehes, although there is
not a breath of scandal connected with it.
Dr. Hughes is well known in this city,
having practiced here for a number of
years, and only lately went to Wallace at
the request of his son.
Dr. Hughes is a member of a number of
orders, and his life is insured for $24,000.
Jones has retained Judge Ganahl of this
city to defend him. Jones is one of the
most prominent men in that section, hav
ing at one time been County Attorney.
He is well connected.
Escape of a Healdslmrg Vrisoner.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 27.— Patrick
Walsh, a prisoner, jumped from the Dona
hue train this afternoon and escaped from
Constable Ingalls, who was bringing him
to this city from Headsburg.
Fatal Fall year Albany,
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 27.— William Mc-
Kinnon, the proprietor of the mountain
resort at Canyon Creek, near Lower Scda
Springs, fell from a barn loft yesterday.
He struck head first, dislocating his
neck, and died instantly.
Killed Sear Ladners-
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 27.— James
McFarlane, a prominent farmer of Delta
municipality, was found dead on the road
near Ladners this morning, a falling tree
having crushed him to deatn.
WEST THROUGH THE ICE.
yarrow Escape of a Prussian Princess
and a liarones.t.
BERLIN, Germany. Dec. 27.— While
Princess Louise Sophie, wife of Prince
Frederick Leopold of Prussia, was skating
with the Baroness Colmar, one of the
ladies of the Prussian court, near Grieb
nitz Lake, Bebelsoerg, near Potsdam, to
day, the ice gave way and the Princess
and Baroness were thrown into the water>
which was very deep.
A witness of the mishap named Hank
witz endeavored to rescue them with the
aid of a role, to which the ladies clung,
but tbe ice kept breaidng away and threw
Hankwitz also into the water, all three be
ing in danger of drowning.
A son of Hankwitz ran to the rescue,
and with the aid of a ladder succeeded in
saving the ladies and his father. The
Princess and the Baroness were carried to
the castle of Prince Frederick Leopold in
an exhausted condition, but they are re
covering from their shock and exposure.
MOEA'T FOR TURKEY.
Rumors of an Advance to Be Made by
the Rothschilds.
LONDON, Exg., Dec. 27.— The Chroni
cle's Constantinople correspondent tele
graphs that it is rumored that the Roths
childs have agreed to advance £2,000,000 to
the Turkish Government against a new
tax on petroleum.
Another rumor is to the effect that Russia
will guarantee the Rothschilds receiving
£1,000,000 on account of the Turkish war
indemnity. The correspondent does not
vouch for the accuracy of the rumors, but
declares that the suggested tax will be
illegal unless the powers give their assent
to it.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Dec. 27.—
A semi-onicial dispatch from Messina, near
Adana, says that it i 3 reported there that
the Armenians lost 2500 men and the
Turks 250 in the fighting which resulted in
the recapture of Zeltonn by the Turks.
CARDiyAL MELCHERS' FUSJERAL.
The Body of the Prelate Deposited in a
Cathedral Vault.
COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. 27.— Tne fu
neral of Cardinal Paul Melchers, formerly
Archbishop of Cologne, who died in Rome
a few days ago, took place here to-day and
the body was deposited in the vault of the
cathedral at noon.
An Insurgent Chief Shot.
MADRID, SrAiN', Dec. 27.— A dispatch
from Havana says the insurgent chief,
Acebo, was shot yesterday at Cienfuegos.
The return of General Martinez Campos
to Havana is much commented upon here.
Journey of the Gladstones.
LONDON, Exg., Dec. 26.— Gladstone,
with his wife and other members of his
family, left Hawarden this morning en
route for Biarritz. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone
are in good health.
MADRONE EXPLOSION
Outbuildings on the George
H. Swasey Ranch
Wrecked.
HURLED INTO THE AIR.
The Owner Received Burns and
Injuries That May Prove
Fatal.
A POISONOUS GAS IGNITED.
The Flame From a Candle Touched
Off a Mixture Prepared to Kill
Squirrels.
SAN JOSE, C.\l., Dec. 27.— News of a
thrilling accident occurring on the ranch
of George H. Swascy, near Madrone, on
Monday, reached this city to-day. All the
outbuildings on the ranch were destroyed
by an explosion, and Swasey was probably
fatally burned. Some damage was done
to the ranch residence, but it was far
enough away from the explosion to escape
the general destruction of the outbuild
ings.
Swasey 's ranch has become the home of
a large army of squirrels, and he had re
solved upon their extermination. The
rancher purchased a quantity of phospho
rus and other substances calculated to im
pede the digestion of his nimble enemies,
and these he proceeded to mix into an in
viting though poisonous mess. The mix
ture was contained in a flve-gallon can,
and from it arose a gas which gradually
filled the room of the outbuilding in which
Swasey was working. Finally it was ig
nited by the flame of a kerosene lamp
which Swasey held, and a frightful explo
sion followed.
The outbuildings and their contents
were wrecked and the debris sent flying
high into the air. Rancner Swasey was
•hurled some distance away, and he was
Dadly burned about the body and lace. He
now lies entirely helpless, and, although
suffering but little pain, it is feared that
he cannot recover.
DIEJi AT VAXCOUVJCR.
Passing of Aegujiu* Junger, the Bishop
of Xisqually.
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 27. — Aegigius
Junger, D.D., Bishop of Nisqually, com
prising the State of Washington, and
Suffragan of the Ecclessiastical province
of Oregon, died last night at Vancouver,
Washington, of diabetes. His death was
unexpected, though he had been in poor
health for some time.
Bishop Junger was 02 years of age, and
was born near Aix la Chapelie la Ger
many. He came to the United States in
1862 and was stationed at Walla Walla,
Wanh., as a missionary priest. inlßf>4he
was made pastor of the Cathedral of St.
James at \ ancouver; wa3 elevated to the
bishopric in 1879, which position he held
until his death.
Gold in Thompson Hiver.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Deo. 27.— The ter
rible British Columbia floods have not been
an unmixed evil. They diverted the
Thompson River about four miles from
Lavina, B. C. and left a largo bemi in the
river very shallow. The bed of this river
is rich in gold. A syndicate is being
formed to work three miles of this bed
with a dredge. Enormous returns are ex
pected.
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